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"I Know How to Work": Stories of Farm Women in Stokes and Surry Counties

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Read the oral histories of four women who grew up in rural North Carolina during the early 1900s. This article appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Class All Their Own: American Indians in Antebellum North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The Cherokee Indians in the antebellum period started to adopt certain aspects of “white” civilization including separation into family units as opposed to clans and modifying their government in order to avoid further relocation. Some North Carolina Cherokee lived lives closely akin to poor whites while other isolated themselves in the mountains. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A County Name Changes

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. What do Arthur Dobbs, James Glasgow, and Nathanael Greene have in common? One North Carolina county has been named for each of these men since it was first established. Find out who these men were and why a county was named for them. This article appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Deadly Contest: The Stanly-Spaight Duel

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. What would you do if someone called you a bad name? In 1802 a war of words became so vicious between Richard Dobbs Spaight (former NC governor and candidate for state senate) and John Stanly (who had beaten Spaight in a race for Congress two years earlier) that the two dueled. After both men had fired and missed their opponent several times, Stanly’s bullet hit Spaight who died the next day. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2008 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Forced Migration

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The first Africans, brought to America through forced migration, came as indentured servants to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Africans brought to the colonies in later years were bought and sold as slaves. This article appeared in the Spring 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Look at Stickball

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. American Indians in what is now the southeastern United States, including the Cherokee, often played stickball, an early version of lacrosse. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Look at the Cherokee Language

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The Cherokee language is a part of the Iroquois language family. Today around 22,000 people speak Cherokee, and efforts are being made to teach the language to a new generation. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Look at the Trail of Tears

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Starting in 1838 the United States government forcibly removed thousands of Cherokee from their homes east of the Mississippi River. Many died on the long journey to their new home in Oklahoma, but around a thousand people escaped and remained in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A New Government Allows Reforms

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. After the mid-1830s, the major parties in antebellum North Carolina became the Whig Party and the Democratic Party. Whigs came into power in North Carolina after the state’s Constitutional Convention of 1835. Whigs favored internal improvements and diversifying the economy while Democrats argued for limited government involvement in most matters. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Part of Life, Not Just a Sunday Event: Religious Life in Antebellum North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. During the antebellum era, protestant Christianity was central to the lives of North Carolinians. The church functioned as a social organization and as a tool to enforce discipline amongst community members. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Shadow over Progress: 1850-1861

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. By the 1850s, North Carolina could boast improvements in both its educational and transportation system. However, the debate over slavery cast a shadow over North Carolina’s progress. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Thanksgiving Day Disaster

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. On a Thanksgiving day in 1892 the Hotel Zinzendorf in Winston, NC erupted into fire. The reason for the fire was never determined and the hotel was not rebuilt. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2008 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

A Wagon with a Story to Tell

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Abigail and Joshua Stanley lived in the Centre Community of southern Guilford County where their home served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. They also owned a wagon with a secret compartment. Legend says that the wagon was used to ferry African Americans to free states during the mid 1800s. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2008 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

African American Culture and the World Around You

NIE Article, Online. African American culture continues to influence North Carolina today through food and cooking, arts and crafts, and music and dance traditions. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 28 January 2009.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

African American Political Pioneers

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Thirteen African American men served as delegates to North Carolina’s 1868 Constitutional Convention. This article gives a brief biography of each man and outlines some of the general achievements of the convention. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2008 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Agriculture at the State Fair

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. At the heart of North Carolina's economy and culture lie its rich agricultural resources. Learn how the North Carolina State Fair evolved as a way for North Carolinians to share new technology and to show the rest of the country "the variety and magnificence of the products and resources of North Carolina." This article appeared in the Fall 2002 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

American Indians in North Carolina

Virtual Field Trip. Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. Students will learn and share information about the state's tribes through small group activities, video clips, and touch objects.   details

American Indians in North Carolina

Video, Online. Explore the fascinating history and contemporary culture of North Carolina's American Indian communities. 10 minutes   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

American Indians in North Carolina, Past and Present

Professional Development, Online. Get to know the state's American Indian tribes. Examine some of these groups within the contexts of education, work, government and politics, language, and the arts. The workshop will pay particular attention to today's eight state-recognized tribes. Advance registration is required. Courses are offered periodically throughout the year.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

And the Mysterious Mr. Ney

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. North Carolina history is full of stories that have not made it into traditional history textbooks. One of these tales is of the mysterious Mr. Ney who arrived in North Carolina in 1816. Rumors persist to this day that Peter Stuart Ney was in reality Marshal Michel Ney, one of Napoleon’s military commanders who was supposedly executed in 1815. This article examines the myths and the facts surrounding the mysterious Mr. Ney’s life. This article appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Antebellum North Carolina

Professional Development, Online. What was life like for North Carolinians before the Civil War? Research articles, artifacts, and visual aids will enhance your knowledge of the state's political, social, and economic climate during the antebellum era.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Archibald DeBow Murphey: Leader of a Growing State Envisioning Change

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Archibald Murphey served in the North Carolina Senate in the early 1800s. He also established a reputation as a reformer who favored public education and internal improvements. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Aviation in North Carolina, 1873-2003

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Investigate state's aviation history and learn how North Carolina earned the motto First in Flight. This article appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Caleb Bradham and the Invention of Pepsi-Cola

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Caleb Bradham opened a drugstore in New Bern. There he developed a popular beverage that his customers called "Brad's drink," which he later renamed Pepsi-Cola. This article appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Charlotte Hawkins Brown: Legendary Educator

NIE Article, Online. A true legend in her time, Charlotte Hawkins Brown was not only a great educator but also a civil rights advocate. This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 6 February 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Chinese Folktales

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. What happens when the lazy farmer finds a rabbit? Find out how Chinese folktales have taught history and values throughout time. This article appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Civil Rights in North Carolina: A Change Is Gonna Come

Professional Development, Online. Explore civil rights in North Carolina through an interactive online teacher workshop filled with valuable information and ideas for teaching. The first three sessions focus on the experiences of African Americans and American Indians in the state from 1830 to 1980. In each of these sessions, a history of civil rights is interspersed with detailed articles on an event, an issue, and a biography of a person important to the period. In the fourth session, you’ll explore the history of civil rights activism of other groups in North Carolina. The last session investigates the current and future state of civil rights. An interactive time line and oral histories are included.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Civil War Amputations

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. During the Civil War many surgeons performed amputations and many of those soldiers who had lost an arm or a leg during the war wanted an artificial limb. North Carolina became the first former Confederate state to offer artificial limbs to amputees. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2008 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Collecting Nature: The Beginning of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences opened in 1879. Two brothers from England, Herbert Hutchinson Brimley and Clement Samuel Brimley, became leaders of the museum. This article appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Communities of Faith: American Indian Churches in Eastern North Carolina

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. In North Carolina, following the Civil War, the government passed laws segregating public facilities by race. Restrooms, theaters, and schools were divided for “white” and “colored” people, but American Indians did not consider themselves “colored,” a term used to mean African American. Many American Indians formed their own churches to separate and preserve their distinct racial and cultural identity. This article appeared in the Fall 2005 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Daniel Boone: Trailblazer

NIE Article, Online. Before blazing a trail through the wildnerness to Kentucky, Daniel Boone was a North Carolina hunter who didn't actually wear a coonskin cap! This article appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, 13 February 2004.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

David Settle Reid: Champion for "The Common People"

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. In 1850, David Settle Reid was the first Democrat to be elected governor of North Carolina. Reid was a proponent of free manhood suffrage (the idea that all white men, regardless of if they owned property, should be free to vote for their elected officials). This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

East against West: The Fight over Internal Improvements

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. During the antebellum period in North Carolina, debate surrounded over the implementation of a series of internal improvements aimed at upgrading transportation around the state. Generally, the eastern counties, fearing higher taxes, did not support these initiatives while the western counties did support internal improvements. The western counties supported internal improvements because these counties wanted more railroads, roads, and canals so that their agricultural products could get to market more easily. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Elisha Mitchell and His Mountain

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Elisha Mitchell proved that a mountain in the Black Mountains Range in western North Carolina is the highest peak in the eastern United States. After his death in 1837, that mountain was named after him. This article appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).

Expanding to the West: Settlement of the Piedmont Region, 1730 to 1775

Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online. Discover how North Carolina's backcountry was settled. Who used the Great Indian Trading Path and the Great Wagon Road? Examine immigrants to the backcountry and learn their reasons for migrating to that area. This article appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine.   details   direct link: View resource now (opens in new window).